Mike Brooks

Petition to have Claudia Winkleman's fringe declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site

watercolour painting of a grey rat playing a keytar

neil (banging out the tunes)

This is spectacular

Before I go on Etsy, are there any laid-off game artists in my follower/repost pool who would be available for a custom DnD party art commission? Four characters, a few special requests, preferably by Christmas? DM me! I have money!

Olivia Nuzzi shows off curves for paparazzi photoshoot — after blasting them for violating her privacy

Disgraced political journalist Olivia Nuzzi flaunted her figure in a paparazzi photoshoot in Los Angeles on Tuesday — despite blasting the shutterbugs for violating her privacy that same day.

Not that I have a ton of sympathy for Olivia Nuzzi but this is insane framing: "Woman who complained about privacy violations gets her privacy violated."
nypost.com/2025/12/03/u...

Apparently Gloria Gaynor was correct about herself.

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

The Suffolk coast is Big Sky Country.

Is femcel where you’re feministly celibate so you don’t have sex with women because it’s bad for you, a woman, or because it would be bad for them, a womans?

a cartoon elephant with glasses says " i now have additional questions " Alt: a cartoon elephant says " i now have additional questions "

*walking on the Suffolk coast with my dad*

Me: Where’s Shingle Street? I remember we went fishing there with Grandpa.

Dad: About five miles south? Down Bawdsey way.

*pause*

Dad: Of course it was about there that they experimented with setting the sea on fire.

Me:

I'm old enough to remember when you'd go into a restaurant and the first thing they'd say was "smoking or non" as if cigarette smoke would stay on one side of an enclosed space. The cultural shift on tobacco use over my lifetime is really remarkable and I don't think it could be replicated today.

Lake Superior had a light layer of sea smoke on it this morning, and that made for an interesting mood in my photos from sunrise. Here's one of the photos.

Holy shit.

Shockingly, given this is your house *and* it's Christmas, there is a far lower number of antlers than I would have expected.

You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.

There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.

You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.

People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.

Against a black starred background, two dark blue circles. In the smaller one, an author photo of Ryan Kunz, in the larger white text "ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT. Ryan Kunz. Valkyrie Moon. Spring 2027. The white Solaris logo is in the bottom left corner.

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨

In collaboration with our friends @reactorsff.bsky.social , we are thrilled to announce the acquisition of VALKYRIE MOON (Spring 2027) a sweeping science fantasy by Ryan Kunz, perfect for fans of RED RISING and THE WILL OF THE MANY!

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MrxLet

instead of everything being Bad what I propose is that things be Good instead

who's with me

Somewhat confused what the 1982 is doing in that link preview, but thanks for the shout out!

Dark Run — Multnomah County Library Dark Run — Brooks, Mike, 1982- — Captain Ichabod Drift attempts to make a dark run, delivering a special cargo to Earth aboard the Keiko, a ship full of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers,...

Try Dark Run by @mikebrooks668.bsky.social if you're looking for a "Rompy space western 🤠." #AskALibrarian

Day 337; restate my assumption: billionaires made AI talk like that because that’s how everyone talks to them and it’s shaped their worldview.

For the low low price of $200 per month for ChatGPT Pro you can have your own, personal, Yes Man.

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Advance tickets here: pay.sumup.com/b2c/QMGVFUAW...

The NHS: "Health sec, there is too much demand for autism, ADHD and mental health services, the waiting lists are too long, we need investment!"

Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"

A gig poster, the backdrop being a spooky image of a woman against a misty castle. Text reads: "Bloo Maroo gigs present on Fri 9th Jan 2026 - at the Mist Rolling Inn, Nottingham... (78 Derby Rd, Nottingham, NG1 5FD) Tiny Forehead - Avant-Garage Goth Chakra Shakers - D.I.Y. Punk Rock N Roll Interplanetary Trash Talk - Melodic Punk Diaspar - Post Rock Soundscapes Doors 7.30pm £8 on the door £6 Advance (use QR) There is a QR code just to the right of centre at the bottom of the poster

If you're in Nottingham on Fri 9th Jan and you fancy coming to see my punk band Interplanetary Trash Talk play a gig...

A banner reads: "One year of the complete Burnished City!" alongside the angled and overlapping covers of Notorious Sorcerer, Shadow Baron and Rebel Blade by Davinia Evans.

Today marks a year since my Burnished City trilogy concluded. Still so proud of my desperate disaster trio and their story of defying the rules--in magic, in politics, and in love!

Never too late to join the fun. Start with the "wickedly entertaining" NOTORIOUS SORCERER. viscerate.com?page_id=243

Remember: DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF A BOOK BECAUSE AMAZON DAMAGED IT!!!! This does NOTHING to affect Amazon, only the author who had nothing to do with the damage! Amazon has an extremely lenient return and replacement policy, PLEASE just use that instead.

It was about seven(?) years ago I went to see Hell Is For Heroes (playing The Neon Handshake beginning to end) supported by A and Vex Red. Good times.

The Dark has reprinted my short story "Lustre Mining", originally published in ParSec Mag in 2023.
Inspired by the 1980s UK miners' strike, Mother Shipton's Cave & my parents' generation.

Go read it and the other excellent short stories in the Dec issue!
www.thedarkmagazine.com/lustre-mining/

B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024 Employment Tribunal decision.

BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.

Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...

The new editions of the FULL TRILOGY by @aliettedebodard.com are available for preorder now in ebook and paperback, wherever books are sold.

Check out book 1 here:

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literally hundreds of super talented authors doing great work who can't get you clowns to mention the title once but you'll be out here trying to make bank off literal garbage while winking knowingly at the camera, FOH